Category Archives: Alcohol Forum News

Are you a social worker, health care professional, youth worker or community worker? Then this part-time MSc/PG Diploma could be for you. Applications are now being accepted to this course. You’ll develop knowledge and skills to effectively deal with alcohol and other drug issues and to utilise recovery methods, using the best evidence and…

One in ten Irish workers experienced at least one or more negative consequences due to co-workers who were heavy drinkers, These included the ability to do their work being negatively affected, having to work extra hours and having an accident or close call at work due to co-workers drinking habits.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day takes place every year on 9th September and this year it comes in the shadow of some very worrying international reports placing Ireland in the top three countries for the disorder. Speaking ahead of FASD Awareness Day, Alcohol Forum’s CEO, Kieran Doherty said, “With a recent study suggesting…

We’re committed to sharing our financial and governance work with our supporters, funders and the wider public. As part of this we publish our Audited Annual Accounts every year. We’re happy to share our latest annual accounts here and will shortly be publishing our Annual Report online.

European Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm 21st – November 25th 2016 Alcohol is responsible for 88 deaths a month in Ireland. This year’s Awareness Week on Alcohol Related Harm (21st-25th November) aims to get people thinking and talking about alcohol and how it affects individuals, families & communities. The programme of nationwide events is…

Communities rally support for Public Health Alcohol Bill – The Phoenix (04 Nov 16) exposes intensive lobbying of senators by the alcohol industry Local communities across the country are fighting back against the lobbying force of ‘Big Alcohol’ before senators vote on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. Amid growing fears that key health elements of the Bill…

Many thanks to our friends in Galway at the Galway Healthy Cities Alcohol Forum who have provided us with some research of what we can do as a community to reduce Alcohol harms. Did you know that Galway was the first Irish City to develop an alcohol strategy to prevent and reduce alcohol-related harm? …